You've really hit the nail on the head with this -if she'd slept with Larry that would have been totally fine and cool, but her ability to step back with regards to Will's break-up and not try to take control (e.g. in a Brownout Biscuit way) is very subtle but significant character growth. Yay, Hanna!

I mean, if you're willing to blow up your spot with your best friend because you just propositioned his oldest friend and she took it the wrong way? If you're willing to do that, then maybe it's that easy.

Then again, Larry strikes me as a good judge of character. He probably figured he could get away with hitting on her once he heard she was having a difficult time finding anyone to date.

Based on personal experience… if it's not this easy, its not going to get any easier. For some people it won't be easy at all, and then you meet someone where it IS that easy and it makes such a difference with the longevity of that relationship (whether it's platonic or sexual or romantic or whatever). But it is different for every unique combination of individuals.

Thanks for the in depth answer. I actually am married now, so technically for me now it really is that easy (which rocks my actual socks!). However, before this particular relationship, I've never been one of those people with this particular "easy mode" available, so seeing this is just kind of a… I dunno, disorienting.

So proud of Hanna right now. It takes a lot of effort to get past your own moods and hang-ups, and it's nice to see her being that strong at her core when she knows her friend is in that difficult sort of mentality.

I love this comic, but I especially love this comic when I get to see everyone being good bros. :>

It never ceases to amaze me how you manage to capture the essence of human interaction so perfectly. A thousand words of narration couldn't do what you've done in six panels, and they certainly couldn't make me feel… connected…? to the world around me simply by reading it and understanding that someone else has felt the same way. All from six panels. Bravo.